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Title information

Summertime

Miles Davis & Gil Evans Orch.

Date of recording

18.8.1958, New York

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Performers

Miles Davis (Soloist) (trumpet)

* 25.5.1926, Alton, Illinois (IL), United States

† 28.9.1991, Santa Monica, California (CA), United States

Gil Evans Orchestra (Orchestra / Ensemble)

Ernie Royal (trumpet)

* 2.6.1921, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 16.3.1983, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Bernie Glow (trumpet)

* 6.2.1926, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 8.5.1982, Manhassat, New York (NY), United States

Johnny Coles (trumpet)

* 3.7.1926, Trenton, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 21.12.1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Louis Mucci (trumpet)

* 13.12.1909, Syracuse, New York (NY), United States

† 4.1.2000

Dick Hixon (Trombone)

Frank Rehak (Trombone)

* 6.7.1926, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 22.6.1987, Badger, California, United States

Jimmy Cleveland (Trombone)

* 3.5.1926, Wartrace, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 23.8.2008, Lynwood, California (CA), United States

Joe Bennett (Trombone)

Willie Ruff (horn)

* 1.9.1931, Sheffield, Alabama (AL), United States

† 24.12.2023

Julius Watkins (horn)

* 10.10.1921, Short Hills, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 4.4.1977, Detroit, Michigan (MI), United States

Gunther Schuller (horn)

* 22.11.1925, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 21.6.2015

Jerome Richardson (flute)

* 15.11.1920, Oakland, California (CA), United States

† 23.6.2000, Englewood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Romeo Penque (flute)

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (alto sax, bass clarinet, baritone sax)

* 15.9.1928, Tampa, Florida (FL), United States

† 8.8.1975, Gary, Indiana (IN), United States

Bill Barber (tuba)

* 21.5.1920, Hornell, New York (NY), United States

† 18.6.2007, Bronxville, New York (NY), United States

Paul Chambers (Double Bass)

* 22.4.1935, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 4.1.1969, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Philly Joe Jones (drums)

* 15.7.1923, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 30.8.1985, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Gil Evans

* 13.5.1912, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

† 20.3.1988, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Authors

George Gershwin

* 26.9.1898, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 11.7.1937, Hollywood, California (CA), United States

Ira Gershwin

* 6.12.1896, New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 17.8.1983, Beverly Hills, California (CA), United States

DuBose Heyward

* 31.8.1885, Charleston, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 16.6.1940, Tryon, North Carolina (NC), United States

Album information

Le meilleur de Miles Davis

Miles Davis & Gil Evans Orch.

Year of production

1999

Record Label

Columbia

Tracks - CD 1

1. Love For Sale
2. Time After Time
3. 'round Midnight
4. Red China Blues
5. Tutu
6. So What
7. What It Is
8. Summertime
9. Shout
10. All Blues

Tracks - CD 2

1. Concierto de Aranjuez
2. MD1 / Something's On Your Mind / MD2
3. Jeru
4. Black Satin
5. Blues For Pablo
6. Decoy
7. Nuit sur les Champs-Elysées
8. Jean-Pierre
9. Mr. Pastorius